TY - BOOK ID - 78140079 TI - Early riders PY - 2004 SN - 1134340737 1280256125 9786610256129 0203071077 9780203071076 9780415326247 0415326249 0415326249 9781134340682 9781134340729 9781134340736 9780415486804 1134340729 0415486807 PB - New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Cavalry KW - War horses KW - Chargers (War horses) KW - Horses KW - Warhorses KW - Armies KW - History. KW - War use KW - Cavalerie KW - Chevaux de bataille KW - History KW - Histoire KW - Asia KW - Europe UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78140079 AB - In this wide-ranging and often controversial book, Robert Drews examines the question of the origins of man's relations with the horse. He questions the belief that on the Eurasian steppes men were riding in battle as early as 4000 BC, and suggests that it was not until around 900 BC that men anywhere - whether in the Near East and the Aegean or on the steppes of Asia - were proficient enough to handle a bow, sword or spear while on horseback. After establishing when, where, and most importantly why good riding began, Drews goes on to show how riding raiders terrorized the civilized ER -